16. June 2015

Here you can read full article.. On June 1st 1999, 19-year-old Shawn Fanning put the beta version of his Napster MP3 sharing program on the Internet. Less than a year later, one of the largest metal bands in the world, Metallica, sued Fanning and his new company for copyright and racketeering. The Napster story ushered in a new debate that centered on the intersection of art, technology, and copyright. For years artists had grumbled about record labels, cable networks and distributors...